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Supply \Sup*ply"\, n.; pl. {Supplies}.
1. The act of supplying; supplial. --A. Tucker.
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2. That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use
or want. Specifically:
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(a) Auxiliary troops or reenforcements. "My promised
supply of horsemen." --Shak.
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(b) The food, and the like, which meets the daily
necessities of an army or other large body of men;
store; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the army was
discontented for lack of supplies.
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(c) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or
Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures;
generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies.
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(d) A person who fills a place for a time; one who
supplies the place of another; a substitute; esp., a
clergyman who supplies a vacant pulpit.
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{Stated supply} (Eccl.), a clergyman employed to supply a
pulpit for a definite time, but not settled as a pastor.
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{Supply and demand}. (Polit. Econ.) "Demand means the
quantity of a given article which would be taken at a
given price. Supply means the quantity of that article
which could be had at that price." --F. A. Walker.
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Supply \Sup*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supplied}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Supplying}.] [For older supploy, F. suppl['e]er, OF. also
supployer, (assumed) LL. suppletare, from L. supplere,
suppletum; sub under plere to fill, akin to plenus full.
See {Plenty}.]
1. To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted;
to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are
supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an
artificial lake; -- often followed by with before the
thing furnished; as, to supply a furnace with fuel; to
supply soldiers with ammunition.
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2. To serve instead of; to take the place of.
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Burning ships the banished sun supply. --Waller.
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The sun was set, and Vesper, to supply
His absent beams, had lighted up the sky. --Dryden.
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3. To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another
in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have
possession of; as, to supply a pulpit.
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4. To give; to bring or furnish; to provide; as, to supply
money for the war. --Prior.
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Syn: To furnish; provide; administer; minister; contribute;
yield; accommodate.
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Supply \Sup*ply"\, a.
Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of
anything; as, a supply tank or valve.
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{Supply system} (Zool.), the system of tubes and canals in
sponges by means of which food and water are absorbed. See
Illust. of {Spongiae}.
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